Ethnicity and first language codes

Ethnicity and first language codes

When recording pupil details on your school's Management Information System (MIS) you are required to include the pupil’s ethnicity and first language. The codes used in Bradford schools are an agreed sub-set of the codes
issued by the DfE in the School Census guidance and are listed below.

Ethnicity codes

Ethnicity

Code

Bangladeshi

ABAN

Indian

AIND

Mirpuri Pakistani

AMPK

Other Pakistani

AOPK

Any other Asian Background

AOTH

African

BAFR

Black Caribbean

BCRB

Any other Black Background

BOTH

Chinese

CHNE

Any other Mixed Background

MOTH

Mixed White and Asian

MWAS

Mixed White and Black African

MWBA

Mixed White and Black Caribbean

MWBC

Information not obtained

NOBT

Any other Ethnic Group

OOTH

Refused

REFU

Traveller- Irish Heritage

WIRT

White British

WBRI

White Irish

WIRI

Any other White Background

WOTH

Roma/Roma Gipsy

WROM

First language

First Language

Code

Acholi

ACL

Adangme

ADA

Afar-Saho

AFA

Afrikaans

AFK

Akan (Fante)

AKAF

Akan (Twi/Asante)

AKAT

Akan/Twi-Fante

AKA

Albanian/Shqip

ALB

Alur

ALU

Ambo (Kwanyama)

OAMK

Ambo (Ndonga)

OAMN

Ambo/Oshiwambo

OAM

Amharic

AMR

Anyi-Baule

AYB

Arabic

ARA

Arabic (Algeria)

ARAG

Arabic (Any Other)

ARAA

Arabic (Iraq)

ARAI

Arabic (Morocco)

ARAM

Arabic (Sudan)

ARAS

Arabic (Yemen)

ARAY

Armenian

ARM

Assamese

ASM

Assyrian/Aramaic

ASR

Aymara

AYM

Azeri

AZE

Balochi

BAL

Balti Tibetan

BLT

Bambara

MANB

Bamileke (Any)

BAI

Basque/Euskara

BSQ

Beja/Bedawi

BEJ

Belarusian

BEL

Believed Other than English

OTB

Believed to be English

ENB

Bemba

BEM

Bengali

BNG

Bengali (Any Other)

BNGA

Bengali (Chittagong/Noakhali)

BNGC

Bengali (Sylheti)

BNGS

Berber (Tamashek)

TMZT

Berber/Tamazight

TMZ

Berber/Tamazight (Any Other)

TMZA

Berber/Tamazight (Kabyle)

TMZK

Bhojpuri

BHO

Bikol

BIK

Bosnian

SCBB

British Sign Language

BSL

Bulgarian

BUL

Burmese/Myanma

BMA

Cambodian/Khmer

CAM

Caribbean Creole English

CCE

Caribbean Creole French

CCF

Catalan

CAT

Cebuano/Sugbuanon

VSYS

Chaga

CGA

Chattisgarhi/Khatahi

CGR

Chechen

CHE

Chichewa/Nyanja

CWA

Chinese

CHI

Chinese (Any Other)

CHIA

Chinese (Cantonese)

CHIC

Chinese (Hakka)

CHIK

Chinese (Hokkien/Fujianese)

CHIH

Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua)

CHIM

Chitrali/Khowar

CTR

Chokwe

CKW

Comorian Swahili

SWAC

Cornish

CRN

Croatian

SCBC

Czech

CZE

Dagaare

DGA

Dagbane

DGB

Danish

DAN

Dari Persian

PRSD

Dinka/Jieng

DIN

Dutch/Flemish

DUT

Dyula/Jula

MANJ

Dzongkha/Bhutanese

DZO

Ebira

EBI

Edo/Bini

EDO

Efik-Ibibio

EFI

English

ENG

Esan/Ishan

ESA

Estonian

EST

Ewe

EWE

Ewondo

EWO

Fang

FAN

Farsi/Persian (Any Other)

PRSA

Fijian

FIJ

Filipino

TGLF

Finnish

FIN

Fon

FON

French

FRN

Fula/Fulfulde-Pulaar

FUL

Ga

GAA

Gaelic (Scotland)

GAL

Gaelic/Irish

GAE

Galician/Galego

GLG

Georgian

GEO

German

GER

Gogo/Chigogo

GGO

Greek

GRE

Greek (Any Other)

GREA

Greek (Cyprus)

GREC

Guarani

GRN

Gujarati

GUJ

Gurenne/Frafra

GUN

Gurma

GUR

Hausa

HAU

Hebrew

HEB

Herero

HER

Hiligaynon

VSYH

Hindi

HIN

Hindko

HDK

Hungarian

HGR

Iban

IBA

Icelandic

ISL

Idoma

IDM

Igala

IGA

Igbo

IGB

Ijo (Any)

IJO

Ilokano

ILO

Indonesian/Bahasa Indonesia

MLYI

Information not obtained

NOT

Italian

ITA

Italian (Any Other)

ITAA

Italian (Napoletan)

ITAN

Italian (Sicilian)

ITAS

Itsekiri

ISK

Japanese

JPN

Javanese

JAV

Jinghpaw/Kachin

JIN

Kalenjin

KLN

Kannada

KAN

Kanuri

KAU

Karen (Any)

KAR

Kashmiri

KAS

Katchi

KCH

Kazakh

KAZ

Khasi

KHA

Kihaya/Luziba

KHY

Kikamba

KAM

Kikongo

KON

Kikuyu/Gikuyu

GKY

Kimbundu

KMB

Kimeru

KME

Kinyakyusa-Ngonde

KNY

Kinyarwanda

KIN

Kirghiz/Kyrgyz

KGZ

Kirundi

KIR

Kisi (West Africa)

KIS

Kisii/Ekegusii (Kenya)

KSI

Kisukuma

KSU

Konkani

KNK

Korean

KOR

Kpelle

KPE

Krio

KRI

Kru (Any)

KRU

Kurdish

KUR

Kurdish (Any Other)

KURA

Kurdish (Kurmanji)

KURM

Kurdish (Sorani)

KURS

Lango (Uganda)

LNG

Lao

LAO

Latvian

LTV

Lingala

LIN

Lithuanian

LIT

Lozi/Silozi

LOZ

Luba

LBA

Luba (Chiluba/Tshiluba)

LBAC

Luba (Kiluba)

LBAK

Luganda

LGA

Lugbara

LGB

Lugisu/Lumasaba

LGS

Luhya (Any)

LUY

Lunda

LUN

Luo (Kenya/Tanzania)

LUO

Lusoga

LSO

Luvale/Luena

LUE

Luxemburgish

LTZ

Maasai

MAS

Macedonian

MKD

Magahi

MAG

Magindanao-Maranao

MNA

Maithili

MAI

Makua

MAK

Malagasy

MLG

Malay (Any Other)

MLYA

Malay/Indonesian

MLY

Malayalam

MLM

Maldivian/Dhivehi

MDV

Maltese

MLT

Manding/Malinke

MAN

Manding/Malinke (Any Other)

MANA

Manx Gaelic

MNX

Maori

MAO

Marathi

MAR

Mauritian/Seychelles Creole

MSC

Maya (Any)

MYA

Mende

MEN

Mongolian (Khalkha)

MNG

Moore/Mossi

MOR

Munda (Any)

MUN

Nahuatl/Mexicano

NAH

Nama/Damara

NAM

Ndebele

NDB

Ndebele (South Africa)

NDBS

Ndebele (Zimbabwe)

NDBZ

Nepali

NEP

Newari

NWA

Norwegian

NOR

Nubian (Any)

NBN

Nuer/Naadh

NUE

Nupe

NUP

Nzema

NZM

Ogoni (Any)

OGN

Oriya

ORI

Oromo

ORM

Other Language

OTL

Other than English

OTH

Pahari (Pakistan)

PHR

Pahari/Himachali (India)

PHA

Pampangan

PAM

Pangasinan

PAG

Panjabi

PNJ

Panjabi (Any Other)

PNJA

Panjabi (Gurmukhi)

PNJG

Panjabi (Mirpuri)

PNJM

Panjabi (Pothwari)

PNJP

Pashto/Pakhto

PAT

Persian/Farsi

PRS

Polish

POL

Portuguese

POR

Portuguese (Any Other)

PORA

Portuguese (Brazil)

PORB

Quechua

QUE

Rajasthani/Marwari

RAJ

Refused

REF

Romani (International)

RMI

Romanian

RMN

Romanian (Moldova)

RMNM

Romanian (Romania)

RMNR

Romansch

RMS

Romany/English Romanes

RME

Runyakitara

RNY

Runyankore-Ruchiga

RNYN

Runyoro-Rutooro

RNYO

Russian

RUS

Samoan

SAM

Sango

SNG

Sardinian

SRD

Scots

SCO

Serbian

SCBS

Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian

SCB

Shilluk/Cholo

SHL

Shona

SHO

Sidamo

SID

Sign Language (Other)

SIO

Sindhi

SND

Sinhala

SNH

Siraiki

SRK

Slovak

SLO

Slovenian

SLV

Somali

SOM

Sotho/Sesotho

SSO

Sotho/Sesotho (Northern)

SSOT

Sotho/Sesotho (Southern)

SSOO

Spanish

SPA

Sundanese

SUN

Swahili (Any Other)

SWAA

Swahili (Bajuni/Tikuu)

SWAT

Swahili (Brava/Mwiini)

SWAM

Swahili (Kingwana)

SWAK

Swahili/Kiswahili

SWA

Swazi/Siswati

SSW

Swedish

SWE

Tagalog

TGLG

Tagalog/Filipino

TGL

Tajiki Persian

PRST

Tamil

TAM

Telugu

TEL

Temne

TEM

Teso/Ateso

TES

Thai

THA

Tibetan

TIB

Tigre

TGE

Tigrinya

TGR

Tiv

TIV

Tok Pisin

TPI

Tonga/Chitonga (Zambia)

TNG

Tongan (Oceania)

TON

Traveller Irish/Shelta

TRI

Tsonga

TSO

Tswana/Setswana

STS

Tulu

TUL

Tumbuka

TUM

Turkish

TUR

Turkmen

TUK

Ukrainian

UKR

Umbundu

UMB

Urdu

URD

Urhobo-Isoko

URH

Uyghur

UYG

Uzbek

UZB

Venda

VEN

Vietnamese

VIE

Visayan/Bisaya

VSY

Visayan/Bisaya (Any Other)

VSYA

Wa-Paraok (South-East Asia)

WAP

Waray/Binisaya

VSYW

Welsh/Cymraeg

CYM

West-African Creole Portuguese

WCP

West-African Pidgin English

WPE

Wolof

WOL

Xhosa

XHO

Yao/Chiyao (East Africa)

YAO

Yiddish

YDI

Yoruba

YOR

Zande

ZND

Zulu

ZUL

Classification Pending

ZZZ

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